Weaving of quilts, counterpanes, bedspreads, and similar articles



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Patented Oct. 28, 1924.

UNITED STATES isiasaa THOMAS HOLT .AND JOHN WILLIAM HOLT, OF WALS-HAW, BURY, ENGLAND.

WEAVING OF QUILTS, COUNTERPANES,

BEDSPREADS, AND SIMILAR ARTICLESY Application iled February 16, 1921. Serial] No. 445,421.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that we, THOMAS Hola` and J orIN WILLIAM Hor/r, both British subjects, residing at Walshaw, Bury, county of Lancaster, bngland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in the TWeaving of Quilts, Counterpanes, Bedspreads, and Similar Articles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the manufacture of quilts, counterpanes, bedspreads and similar articles in which imitation embroidered figures or patterns are woven by two warps and a ground weft and figuring weft, the iioated remainder of the figuring weft on the reverse side being cut away.

The invention contemplates the weaving simultaneously in the same ground fabric, from two beams or sets of warps under different tension, one set operated by a jacquard and the other set by healds, and two wefts, one for the ground and the otherfor the figures or patterns, a greater tension being applied to the jacquard controlled warp.

The invention will be fully described with reference to the accompanying drawings Fig. l is a drawing in plan or draft.

Fig. 2 is a lifting plan.

Fig. 3 is a transverse section of cloth Where two ground picks have been put in, lst and 2nd picks, Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a transverse section of cloth where the 3rd pick Fig. 2 has been inserted. Fig. 5 is a longitudinal section of cloth.

In weaving the cloth, two sets of warps a and b are employed, the warp threads a being drawn through the mails of jacquard harness and the warp threads b through the eyes of healds. Two sets of weft threads c and d are also employed, c being a ground weft and d a figure weft.

The two warps a; and b are wound upon separate beams, the warp a being operated by the jacquard and the warp b by the healds and a greater tension being applied to the jacquard, the warp a thereby having a firmer grip upon the figuring weft al and preventing its withdrawal by the clipping or shearing machine.

The warp threads from each set of beams may be of different counts. If the warp threads passing through the healds are finest, then the figure weft will show up more prominently on the face side of the cloth.

The ground weft c interlaces with the jacquard-warp a and healdwarp bto forno` the ground vwork of thecloth as in Fig. 3

which shows a section where two ground.

picks have been inserted, and the figure weft l is interlaced in the cloth to form the figure only, and, where not necessary for the figuring or pattern, isI thrown loose or floated either to the back or face of the cloth, preferably to the back, as in Figa, which shows a section where the figure weft d has been inserted; the 3rd pick of plan Fig. 2. A and lB show the ligure portion and C the portion of the figure weft al which has to be cut oft'.

In Fig. 5 A represents the figure' portion of the cloth and B represents the ground portion or where no figure is.

Two picks of the ground weft c are thrown into the cloth to form the ground cloth and then one or two picks of the ligure weft d are thrown into the cloth to formthe figure. Two picks are preferable as otherwisea pick and pick loom would be required" with a double box at each end of the loom.

After the cloth is woven it is passed through a clipping or shearing machine which cuts off all the loose floating threads and leaves in the cloth only that portion of the figuring weft d which is bound in the ground cloth to form the figure.

By using two warps, one more heavily weighted than the other, the figure is made to stand up slightly on the face of the cloth, and a fine ribbed effect is given'to the ground cloth.

equal to every hook in the jacquard lifting,`

but by this method of lifting a great saving in wear and tear and'jacquard cards is obtained. The jacquard is down for two picks and lifted for two picks.

What we claim as our invention and desire to protect by Letters Patent is l. A patterned fabric applicable for quilts, counterpanes or bed spreads comprising two sets of weft yarns of distinguishing characteristics (texture or color), one set forming an imitation embroidery pattern only, and being absent from the ground work, and the other set forming the ground work only, in combination with two warp yarns, one at a greater tension forming the ground work only and the other at less tension, the latter combining with the second Warp to Yforce the pattern i'nt'o prominence v'1n imitation 'of embroidery.

2. Apatterned fabric applicable forquilts, counterplnes end bedspreads Composed of the combinationpf .two Warp yarns, one at: a. greater tension tha-n the other, and two sets of weft yarns of different texture or color, one of which with the two Warp yarns forms tbe ground of t :"e Cloth, one of said warp yarnls beit-'1g under less tension than the other sind Coop'ertil'g with the other set of weft yarns to Jform an imitation embroidery pattern only, the latter weft yarns being absent from the ground of the cloth.

In testimony whereof We have hereunto 'set our hands in 'presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

THOMAS HOLT. JOHN WILLIAM HOLT.

/Vtnesses:

J. @WDEN QBRIEN, Guo. H. BR'IEN. 

